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[RGC]

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Rona, why was King Herod vilified? It’s not rocket science. Anyone else appreciate dry humour?

 

[Rona]

Rona, why was King Herod vilified? It’s not rocket science. Anyone else appreciate dry humour?

Sorry. I've no idea..............therefore can't see the humour

 

[JudyN]

RGC, I can't see the connection between Rona's perfectly reasonable complaint and Herod either?

 

[LindaWeasel]

I think he ordered babies to be killed….

NOT funny.

 

[Rona]

I think he ordered babies to be killed….

NOT funny.

Argh I see.

I'm perfectly happy for others to have children, I just don't see why I have to put up with them, particularly in an adult environment.
Plus they are little bug carriers and those bugs could easily kill me!!

 

[RGC]

I think he ordered babies to be killed….

NOT funny.

With due respect, LindaWeasel, it was with dry humour. It’s regrettable if such caused torment.

 

[JudyN]

Plus they are little bug carriers and those bugs could easily kill me!!

Tell me about it - we see a lot of our grandchildren (aged 3 and 1), and their mum works in a school. When either she or one of the littl'uns get a bug, it goes round their family, then her parent's family, then ours... by the time it's done the rounds, the next bug comes along.

 

[PawsOnMe]

My most recent petty annoyance is when people (usually the older generation for some reason) keep asking me how I know my baby is getting enough milk and why I won't just put her on formula so my partner can feed her too and so I know she's getting what she needs..... I know she's getting enough because she has more rolls than a bakery and my partner works 5am til 6pm so it would literally be one bedtime bottle and we are both happy with breast milk since it's free, good for her and it's so convenient. I know people mean well and the first few times I didn't mind but it's the same neighbors and family members saying it and biting my tongue is getting hard.

Also why do people walk past things on the stairs waiting to be taken up and why can't my partner put his clothes into the laundry basket instead of on top of it!

 

[JudyN]

My most recent petty annoyance is when people (usually the older generation for some reason) keep asking me how I know my baby is getting enough milk and why I won't just put her on formula so my partner can feed her too and so I know she's getting what she needs..... I know she's getting enough because she has more rolls than a bakery and my partner works 5am til 6pm so it would literally be one bedtime bottle and we are both happy with breast milk since it's free, good for her and it's so convenient.

Despite presumably being the older generation I'm the opposite - wondering why people would want to faff with bottles (cost, extra equipment, more cleaning/sterilising, that painful gap between the baby yelling and the bottle being the right temperature), equipment to cart around and stuff to keep at the right temperature when they have a built-in milk delivery system which is always at the perfect temperature and needs minimal cleansing! I was disappointed when DIL had to stop breastfeeding at around 4 months as her daughter had a milk protein allergy, but even DIL cutting out dairy didn't fix it so there really was no choice. She fed her first till she was 19 months.

 

[SuzyJay]

I wonder why the older generation ( which includes me) are anti breast feeding.
I fed both mine for the first year of their lives and was very sad when the time came to stop.
My partner was happy to take care of the output while I dealt with input. I barely woke up for night feeds, he would change them and tuck them in with me to feed.

 

[magpi]

If you're baby is thriving and gaining weight carry on. I was a young mother with my first and didn't breast feed. It wasn't recommended. Bottle was best. With my second I read up on it and was more educated so thought I'm going to do this. I remember feeding her curling my toes it was so painful at first but I shouldered on. She was a much easier baby because if she was grizzly I offered her the breast and she shut up. No dummies needed.

 

[RGC]

Tell me about it - we see a lot of our grandchildren (aged 3 and 1), and their mum works in a school. When either she or one of the littl'uns get a bug, it goes round their family, then her parent's family, then ours... by the time it's done the rounds, the next bug

Despite presumably being the older generation I'm the opposite - wondering why people would want to faff with bottles (cost, extra equipment, more cleaning/sterilising, that painful gap between the baby yelling and the bottle being the right temperature), equipment to cart around and stuff to keep at the right temperature when they have a built-in milk delivery system which is always at the perfect temperature and needs minimal cleansing! I was disappointed when DIL had to stop breastfeeding at around 4 months as her daughter had a milk protein allergy, but even DIL cutting out dairy didn't fix it so there really was no choice. She fed her first till she was 19 months.

It’s always amazed me that people assume that they know better than the mums. On a lighter note I remember a conversation my wife, who was breastfeeding our daughter, was having with a neighbour who had adopted her baby daughter. Our neighbour expressed concern that my wife couldn’t be sure of how much milk our daughter was getting from the breast. When my wife replied that, if one needed to be accurate you just had to weigh them before and after, our neighbour looked amazed - and I must admit I was puzzled at first. My wife clarified that you weighed the BABY.

 

[Mad Murphy]

Im 60 now but I breastfed my first until he was 18 months it was the only thing that settled him. Once when he was tiny he was screaming blue murder at a busstation and so I quietly started to feed him, an elderly man sitting next to me said ' thats it gal give the child what he needs' and then sat with his back shielding me from anyone elses view. Would I do it now with all the Karens and the people who film or take photos of everything and the opposition to breast feeding in public? Likely not..

However this week I went out to dinner, it was a lovely meal but... There were children in the restaurant, one table was of a family staying at the attached hotel the other were guest diners like ourselves. The family who were staying had had their children in the bath put them in pyjamas and then come down to dinner but none of the children had their hair brushed, and they wouldn't sit at the table but played on the floor getting under tables and round peoples legs. Then the first course came, tomato soup the boy ignored it and carried on playing the girl dipped her bread in it and then dumped the bread on the table cloth then asked for a smaller spoon and while that came she dipped her fingers in the soup and licked them clean.. This behaviour continued the whole meal they ran around like mad things and at the other table with children were no better, a visit to the toilet found them playing running in and out slamming doors and playing with the taps, flicking water at each other. All the time the parents sat back and virtually ignored them.
My point of view was that Id gone out to dinner with an 81 year old friend, we had hoped to chat but we were drowned out by the yelling and screeching. We went to a restaurant not a creche.. It didnt get a good review.

I know its the modern way to raise children but there should be child free areas to ensure that those without children are not disturbed.

 

[Rona]

@Mad Murphy
Way way back, if I had taken my 81 year old mother out in a situation like that, she would have joined in with the kids under the tables
She loved kids

 

[JoanneF]

know its the modern way to raise children

I know nothing about children but I think in dog training, a lot of people confuse force free with having no rules and boundaries - and I don't see it that way. I think behaviours should have consequences, and that doesn't mean beat your dog (child) with a big stick when he does something wrong; but of course if he is engaging in an unwanted behaviour, you stop it. Then redirect on to something else, or use negative punishment by separating - taking away - the dog (child) from the thing they are doing

 

[Mad Murphy]

I know nothing about children but I think in dog training, a lot of people confuse force free with having no rules and boundaries - and I don't see it that way. I think behaviours should have consequences, and that doesn't mean beat your dog (child) with a big stick when he does something wrong; but of course if he is engaging in an unwanted behaviour, you stop it. Then redirect on to something else, or use negative punishment by separating - taking away - the dog (child) from the thing they are doing

Exactly.. and the waitress did bring a colouring sheet and colored pencils for the children which they then threw all over the floor and I had to clean up before we left because I was scared that my friend might tread on one and slip she's very unsteady on her feet nowadays.

 

[JudyN]

We eat out with the grandchildren quite often. L is naturally a quiet, mostly well-behaved girl, but I is at that age when dropping food off her high chair and saying 'Uh-oh' is a great game (she often says 'Uh-oh' before dropping the food ). So before we go I'm often under the table picking up the bits - of course there are staff whose job is to clean up after customers, but no one likes picking up half-chewed bits of strawberries, a dozen peas and a soggified chip.